This means that white has different options while black may not be sure of what system White is playing. This variation can lead to the open Sicilian where white achieves the d4 pawn break or the closed Sicilian with d3. CHAMELEON VARIATION OF THE SICILIAN DEFENSE Black has to be careful to avoid being impaled by the porcupine spikes! 4. Playing flank openings could pay off in this variation as White seems to be launching an early attack using the flanking c and f pawns. More and more efforts to defend Black’s e4 pawn will lead to defensive exposure-further relinquishing the initiative to White. The g2-g4 move on move 4 threatens to repel the knight protecting the pawn on e4. White sacrifices a central pawn to open up the game and execute an exciting attack. I find this particular variation quite interesting and sharp as c4, e4, and g4 kind of represents the quills of a porcupine being shot at black. PORCUPINE VARIATION OF THE ENGLISH OPENING The mosquito Black queen could dip its proboscis in the heart of White’s defenses and drain him of his fighting chances. Of course, this desperation by White could be detrimental after ending up with a poor piece harmonization. Like chasing a mosquito, White keeps swiping at the fleeing Black queen by attacking it with pieces and pawns with the intention to take down or repel the Queen. It can also be used if you just want to tease your opponent. Surely, this kind of opening would be for beginners striving to do damage with their queen. MOSQUITO GAMBIT OF THE ENGLUND GAMBITīOOM! Now, we have a gambit in a gambit! The mosquito gambit arises after 1. By playing this opening, I guess you would be trying to tell your opponents “HEY BEWARE OF MY PINCERS! THEY CAN BE DANGEROUS!” 2. This opening which is rarely seen is mainly used by players with significantly higher gameplay strength than their opponents. The rook remains uncastled and the White queen forms a battery on the file. This opening launches a bizarre attack on the queen-side that sees the a file open up maliciously. h4, we have the crab chess opening where a4 and h4 look like the pincers of a crab, raised above its head. a4 e5(any other black move can suffice) 2. This opening name is kind of self-explanatory. However, we will look at ten(10) of these weird chess openings with animal names. There are lots of openings with such kind of names. Openings like these are usually termed “unorthodox openings” and in this article, we’ll make use of our imagination to see the animal-related characteristics that gave rise to their names. We have always been fascinated with the creative and amusing names of some chess openings.
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